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Abdul Huq jumped aboard the double-deck ferry just as it was sailing for southern Bangladesh, becomi

The total cost of removing a stranded barge from a bridge abutment last winter will reach close to $

A New Orleans barge line, Canal Barge Co., has won a $212,000 contract to haul tons of artillery, in

CSX Transportation's Distribution Services business unit opened a new Bulk Intermodal Distribution S

Officials of the United Auto Workers and General Motors Corp. are leaning awayfrom a system

Greyhound to Purchase Trailways; $80 MillionGreyhound Lines Inc. last week said it had reach

MANY TRUCKING ANALYSTS BELIEVE THE CURRENT INDUSTRY PRICE WAR will not abate until some of the exces

938.0 (June 19) Previous day - 948.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in Lo

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Top Stories Container carriers remain cautiously optimistic even though the dollar's fall ha

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission refused to be nudged off its course in dealing with Peru's carg

Ryder Freight System Inc. continued to lose money in the first quarter despite efforts by its corpor

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Put Kuwaiti flags on Persian Gulf oil tankers, let the U.S. Navy guard them and charge the Kuwaitis

Britain's largest containerport, Felixstowe, reported record cargo traffic figures for 1986 but a de

Ingersoll-Rand Co. has established two manufacturing operations with factories in China, the company

The more than 1,500 asbestos-related claims filed by seamen in Ohio are part of an avalanche of case

Business executives are the most heavily represented group on federal advisory commissions named by

The police are ready this time for James D. Worden. As he hurtles down Massachusetts Avenue

The World Bank announced a $929 million loan package for India for power and water projects.

A settlement offer by Lloyd's of London and leading insurance brokers to help cover losses of the fo

Attorneys for asbestos producers and asbestos victims were scheduled to appear in U.S. District Cour

A growing push to define illegal insider trading is sparking debate whether the insurance industry w

Computer security losses for a broad array of corporations have decreased sharply in the past year,

The Charterers Mutual Assurance Association Ltd., launched early in 1986 as the first mutual insuran

NJ Moves to Soften Liquor Liability LawsAfter years of lobbying, restaurant and tavern owner

A research group calculates that 12 million non-elderly would still be without health insurance if e

Lumber Production Off But Shipments IncreasePORTLAND, Ore. - Lumber production and orders fe

A Dutch ship delivering a pair of new cranes for the port of Los Angeles pass beneath the Vincent Th

When Security Pacific Corp. officials late last year completed a six-months- plu s review of Texas a

Hapag-Lloyd (America) Inc. named Wolf Hagen senior vice president, sales, a new title. He will cont

Direct foreign investment in Japan has increased in recent years but is smaller and growing far more

GENERAL NEWS Congress this week should pass next fiscal year's budget plan even though the p

Japan's top economic planning official said he is confident in attaining the nation's goal of 3.5 pe

Free Trade Talks Resume in OttawaThe U.S.-Canada negotiations on a proposed free trade agree

The U.S. government posted a total deficit of $35.744 billion for May after a $38.657 billion surplu

When the weather is clear, Joseph J. Pinola often can see about a dozen milesfrom his 59th-f

At least 200,000 workers will commute into the nine-county San Francisco Bay area by 2005 to meet th

California's agricultural outlook for 1987 looks promising for much of the industry, although not a

James Clayton Stewart, a retired merchant seaman from Mobile, Ala., had been feeling ill, with pains